Alabama National Parks
Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge

Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge

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Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge has large open fields managed for warm-season native grasses interspersed with small patches of deciduous woodland and the seasonal sinkhole wetland. The refuge is gradually being converted from crops to native warm-season grasslands.

Alabama National Parks
Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge

Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge

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Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge
P.O. Box 5087Anniston, AL   36205 E-mail: mountainlongleaf@fws.gov Phone Number: 256-848-6833 Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge 

Watercress Darter NWR was established by the Service in 1980 to provide protection for the watercress darter and to conserve and restore its crucial habitat. Today, the 24-acre refuge consists of two ponds, several stands of mixed pine-hardwoods with shrubs, and a single residence. Thomas Spring is a one-quarter-acre pond where a population of watercress darters was found in 1976. A second pond was constructed on the refuge in 1983 by the Service to provide additional habitat for the darter. The watercress darter is a small, very colorful fish measuring up to 2.5 inches in length.

Alabama National Parks
Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge

Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge

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The Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge was once called the Blowing Wind Cave National Wildlife Refuge. In the past, the cave served a variety of uses. Cherokee natives mined the soil to make saltpeter for gunpowder. Saltpeter mining continued on occasion across the War of 1812, and the American Civil War.

Alabama National Parks
Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge

Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge

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Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge
P.O. Box 5087Fort McClellan, AL   36205 E-mail: mountainlongleaf@fws.gov
Phone Number: 256-848-6833

 

Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge 

Mountain Longleaf NWR is located within the Southern Appalachian Mountains between Atlanta, Georgia (90 miles) and Birmingham, Alabama (60 miles). The City of Anniston, Alabama is located adjacent to the refuge. The refuge is situated along the rugged landscape of Choccolocco Mountain, one of the highest mountain ridges in Alabama. High elevation vistas (2063 feet ASL) provide an array of beautiful fall colors and breathtaking views of the surrounding region. Hardwood forests along mountain ridges contain species typical of the Blue Ridge Mountains to the north, while slopes and lower elevations are covered by longleaf pine and hardwoods commonly associated with the Coastal Plain.

Alabama Caverns and Caves
Decatur Alabama

Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge

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Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge
2700 Refuge Headquarters RoadDecatur, AL   35609 E-mail: wheeler@fws.gov
Phone Number: 256-353-7243

 
Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge
 

Fern Cave NWR was purchased in 1981 to provide protection for the federally endangered gray and Indiana bats. It consists of 199 acres of forested hillside underlain by a massive cave with many stalactite and stalagmite-filled rooms. The cave has five hidden entrances with four occurring on the Refuge. Fern Cave contains the largest wintering colony of gray bats in the United States with over one million bats hibernating there in the winter. Bat experts also think that as many as one million Indiana bats may be using the cave and an expedition into the cave is being planned for the future. Getting There .

Barbour County Alabama
Eufaula-National-Wildlife-Refuge

Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge

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The main unit of the 11,184-acre refuge is located about 7 miles north of the city of Eufaula, Alabama, along both banks of the Chattahoochee River in southeast Alabama and southwest Georgia. Wetlands, croplands, woodlands, old fields, grasslands, and open water create a mosaic of wildlife-rich habitats that support almost 300 species of birds, 40 species of mammals, and many species of amphibians, reptiles and fishes.